News
10-12-2013 11:02 CET | Jan Velinger
- The high court in Olomouc has confirmed a 16-year prison sentence for a man who murdered his grandmother.
- A fire in a residential building in the Děčín neighbourhood of Boletice claimed the life of a female resident in the early hours of Tuesday.
- Closely Watched Trains, director Jiří Menzel’s masterwork which won the 1967 Best Foreign Language Oscar, will be digitally restored.
One on One
Cats at meetings and ‘60s Škoda with diplomatic plates all part of UK ambassador Jan Thompson’s informal approach
The UK’s ambassador to the
Czech Republic since the summer, Jan Thompson adopts a relatively informal
approach that includes driving what must be the country’s only 1969
Škoda with diplomatic plates. Prague is Thompson’s first posting as
ambassador and follows stints in conflict zones around the world as well as
post-tsunami Thailand.
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Sports News
Sports News
In Sports News this Monday: Viktoria Plzeň face CSKA Moscow in Champions
League tie to decide third spot and Europa League place; Dušan Uhrin Jr
quits Dinamo Tiblisi, prompting speculation he may take over as Plzeň
boss; Czech clubs are set for new ice...
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Current Affairs
President wants final say on cabinet line-up
The parties of the emerging Czech coalition government report they have
cleared most of the disputed points of their future programme, coming
closer to striking a final deal. But in filling the posts in the next
cabinet, coalition leaders might face an addition hurdle after President
Miloš Zeman made it clear he wanted a final word on the line-up.
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Sunday Music Show
Ahmed is Hungry: traditional East European folk music with a fresh new sound
This week we are profiling the band Ahmed má hlad (Ahmed is hungry) a band
that revives and draws on Balkan and East European folk music, while giving
these traditional gems a modern slant.
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Czech Books
Adéla Gálová: Magyars are not from Mars
The Czech Republic and Hungary are countries of similar size with plenty of
history in common, whether we look back to the days of the Austro-Hungarian
Empire or the common experience of invasion in more recent decades: in 1956
for Hungary and 1968 for Czechoslovakia. And you don’t have to look far
to find parallels in the literature of the two countries.
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Letter from Prague
Civilised gift giving and home-baked cookies among charms of Czech Christmas
One thing I’ll give the Czechs: they do Christmas really well, adhering
to their rich traditions in a way that does much to nullify the creeping
commercialisation of recent decades.
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Czech History
A Tale of Two Towers
Prague’s skyline gave the capital one of its nicknames: the city of a
hundred spires. But in actual fact around a thousand spires, belfries and
towers of various styles and ages now grace the city centre. Some of them
are popular tourist attractions...
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Business News
Business News
This week in business news: Travel Service Airlines to buy 34-percent stake
in Czech Airlines; Developer Metrostav files arbitration suit against
Prague over Blanka tunnel payments; Nominal average wage has risen by 322
crowns, but real wages stagnate; GDP has fallen in Q3 by less than was
expected; Mining company OKD will have a new director starting January;
Industrial space is the fastest growing sector of the Czech real estate
market.
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Current Affairs
Academic Fiala set to stand for chairman of floundering Civic Democrats
For years the Civic Democrats were the dominant right-wing force in Czech
politics. However, the party took less than 8 percent in recent elections
and are very much on the ropes. With members crying out for a saviour, the
relatively untested Petr Fiala...
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Panorama
Sculptures of the late president Václav Havel arouse controversy
As Czechs prepare to mark the second anniversary of the death of
ex-president Václav Havel, an exhibition has opened at the Czech Academy
of Sciences reflecting an age-old dilemma – how best to portray the
nation’s heroes.
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